Isca Silurum

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legionary base

It was important as the Roman fortress of
Isca Silurum, which was, with Deva (Chester) and Eboracum (York), one of the permanent legionary bases in Britain. The foundation of the fortress, set on a terrace in a wide bend of the Usk, is dated to 74–75
ce, when the conquest of the Silures of southeastern Wales began. The headquarters were built about 75 and the baths about 85, and the...